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Jake Lamotta: biography and fights of the famous boxer

Fighters from the past today seem to us real heroes, because in the beginning of the 20th century the battles were much bloodier and tougher than today, when at the slightest dissection the referee can stop the fight. It was the beginning and the middle of the last century that gave the world a whole galaxy of outstanding boxers, among which is the hero of our article, who at one time was nicknamed the "Bronx bull". We will talk about life, the defeats of boxer Jake Lamotte.

The first years of life

The future world champion was born in 1921 in New York in an Italian-American family. In his childhood, the boy's father taught him the basics of boxing, organizing a process of training combining both entertaining elements and a tough fight. Over time, young Jake Lamotte realized that for adults, boxing is something similar to gambling, because they put money on athletes during fights. In many ways, thanks to this, Jake began earning his living at the age of fourteen, earning his first royalties.

Speaking as a professional

Jake Lamotte began to fight in the professional ring at the age of 19 years. At the same time, he was not called up for military service because he underwent surgery on the mastoid process.

Already in the period from March to August 1941, the boxer came to the ring 15 times and won all his fights. However, the first defeat Lamotte suffered in a duel with Jimmy Reeves. The battle itself took place with a large number of violations and clinchs. At the end of the fight, Reeves several times was pressed to the ropes and was in passive defense, but the judges finally recognized him as the winner, which provoked chaos and perplexity among the audience in the hall. Literally a month later, the fighters met again and again, already more confidently, Reeves won. In 1943, the boxers had another fight among themselves, a victory in which KO won Lamotte.

Fights with Robinson

In 1942, Jake Lamotte first met in the square of the ring with the legendary Ray Robinson, who at that time already had 35 wins. Already in the first three minutes of their confrontation, "Sugar" was knocked down, but still managed to reverse the course of the battle and confidently win all the remaining rounds. As a result, the judges were recognized as the winner of Ray.

In 1943, the rivals are again fighting. This time the place of their meeting was Detroit. The victory was then won by Jake, thanks to which the famous Robinson received the first defeat, which for a very long period of time remained the only one in his career. After this fight between the fighters began an unspoken competition, which was to have more opponents to win victories during the calendar year.

The third fight of boxers occurred in 1945. After all the allotted ten rounds, Ray celebrated the victory. However, it is fair to say that Jake Lamotte at that time did not lag behind in the number of victories from his sworn opponent. "The Bronx bull" already had a win over all the famous boxers of the world, including such names as Holman Williams, Tony Janiro, Tommy Bell, George Cohan and others.

Injustice

Unfortunately for Jake, despite all his significant victories, he was denied the title of world champion in middleweight. In fact, he met with the manifestation of the criminal world in the field of boxing matches. However, Lamotte did not lose heart and gave his consent to fight with the famous Billy Fox for the title of world champion. The match was successful for Lamotte - he managed to knock out the opponent in the fourth round.

Life on top

In 1949, boxer Jake Lamotte again beats for the title and once again wins. This time, Marcel Serdan was defeated. After this fight between fighters it was planned to hold a rematch. However, the fight was not destined to happen, as Serdan tragically died in a plane crash during a flight to the American continent. At the time of death, the fighter was only 33 years old.

In the summer of 1950, Lamotte successfully defended his title in a battle against Tiberio Mithri. The champion defended his title on points.

In September 1950, Lamotte Jake, whose photo is given in the article, held a second match with the Frenchman Oran Dutuy. The second fight between the boxers could well have ended in failure for the American, but here came to the aid of the format of the championship fight, which lasted then 15 rounds. Jake was able to win the last four rounds and in the end in the last three minutes to knock out the opponent. The fight was so dense and dramatic that it received the status of "Fight of the Year", according to the authoritative boxing print edition "Ring".

Losing title and completing a career

In the beginning of 1951 Lamotte and Robinson spend their last meeting. This fight was for the title of world champion, which at that time was Jake. The fight itself was held in a cruel, uncompromising struggle and fully met the expectations of the public. That evening, Jake Lamotte, whose biography is covered in this article, lost, and ahead of schedule. In the 13th round, due to the numerous cuts on his face, the battle was stopped. But while Jake remained on his feet and was conscious. For this fight he received 64 000 dollars, which for those times was a colossal fee.

After this fight, Jake 10 more times went to the ring, and all fights have already passed at light heavyweight. He ended his boxing career in April 1954 with a confrontation with Billy Kilgore, who was beaten by a separate referee decision.

Professional career Lamotte lasted 13 years. The total number of fights was 103. This meant that he went into the ring once in forty-five days. For today's boxers, this figure is simply unthinkable, but then it was the norm.

In 1960, Lamotte was summoned to the US Senate Committee for testimony. He was accused of involvement in illegal boxing battles, and was charged with being beaten by Mafiosi because of him.

Personal life

Jake was married four times. He has two daughters. He also had two sons, the eldest of whom died of liver cancer, and the younger one crashed in a car crash. And both sons died in one year.

Jake actively participates in various conferences and writes books. He also enters the International Boxing Hall of Fame and takes 52nd place in the ranking of the top 80 boxers in the last century, according to the magazine Ring.

A film about Jake Lamotte called "Raging Bull" was released in 1981. The main role in the film was played by the then young Robert De Niro, who had to gain twenty kilograms of weight for the role. The tape was very popular with the public, but it was mercilessly criticized by specialists.

Lamotte himself was recognized as one of the most persistent boxers in history. His style consisted in the minimum expenditure of his own forces while simultaneously inflicting enormous damage on the enemy.

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